Vehicle-tire.



No. 847,466. I PATENTED MAR. 19, 1907.

\T. GARE. I

VEHICLE TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 17.1905.

UNI ED s'ra'rnsi PATENT ()FFICE.-

THOMAS GARE, OF NEW- BRIGHTON, ENGLAND.

VEHICLE-TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 17, 1905. Serial No- 256,085.

Patented March 19, 1907;

'not' atl'ording sutlicientgrip are always liable to skid, particulariy on slippery, wet, or greasy roads and when turning around corners. which not only considerably reduces the lite of such tires. but also frequently causes accidents. Another cause which re-t (lures the lite ol rubber tires is the rubber not being sulliciently conlined orsupported. The weight on the tire causes excessive cushion ing, which soon splits and separates the rubher, and thus renders the tire useless before actually worn out.

My invention has for its object to obviate the said defects that is to say, to provide a tire which is non-skidding. has a sure grip, prevents the rubber spreading and unduly caring through excessive cushioning, and at the same time reduce the cost of rubber tires considerably.

To this end my invention consists in l'orming the weaning-sitri'ace of such tires so as to be )artly ol rubber and part iy oi' tibrous uniteriali the latter being rendered waterproof and so employed or used with the rubber in rope. band, cord, slri or the like term or in sections as to lateraliy or circunit'erentialiy, or in both directions, support and thereby prevent the rubber ir'om spreading, and the undue wear of the tire through excessive cushioning and at the same time taking up grit on the road provides the grip necessary to prevent skidding. I

l attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figures l and 2' are cross-sections, Fig. 3 a plan of Fig. '2, and Figs 4 and 5 are respectively a sectional side view and a cross-section of various tori-us oi' tires constructed in accordance with my invention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views In carrying out my invention-and referring to the figures generally, a is the rubber,

and b the librous materials-say cotton} hemp, ilax, jute, felt, leather, or the like o'l which my improved wearing-surface 0r tire is composed; c the rim, and (l the telly of the wheel.

Referring to Fig. 1 in'this embodiment the tire is composed of india-rubber strips'a and" fibrous ropes -e, arranged alternately side by side direct upon the telly (I or periphery of the wheel-body or, as shown, upon a flexible seat g, say, formed .of cotton belting, rubher. or the like, and between flanges h, secured to the side of the felly d or wheel-body. The said iibrons ropes laterally supporting the said rubber strips preventthe latter lrom spreading and thus excessive euhsiont further embodiment of my invention consists. Figs. 2 and 3, in winding a strand of india-rubl'ier a and a strand of fibrous rope 12 side by side jointly around a cot-ton belt 6 or other suitable llexible body and seating the same upon the telly d or wheel-body and between tlangcs 11, secured thereto. case the india-rubber u is more circumferentially supported by the fibrous rope I) and the two strands also cross each other.

According to another embodimei'itof my invention,'- l igs. -t and 5, i may form cross grooves or slits c in-the rubber or tire (l and force into the same strips of felt or other librous material In and secure same therein and at the same time the tire (I to the rim 0 of the wheel by a wire k passing through holes in the latter.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by liei'ters Patent, is-

1. in a vehicle-tire, a wearing-surface composed partly of rubber and partly of textile fibers in a manufactured form each of a uniform thickness arranged side by side to alternately bear against each other, the said textile tillers uniformly supporting the said rubber, all substantially as and for. the purpose set forth.

2. In a vehicle-tire. a wearing-surface composed partly ofrubber and partly of librous material both in rope form arran ed 'lmigitudinally side by side, the india-rub )er being situated between the said llexihle inaterial and thereby supported and prevented from spreading, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In this 3. 'In a vehicle-tire, a Wearing-surface In testimony whereof l have signed my composed partly of rubber and partty 01" flexiname to this specification in the presence of 10 b1?) 1gmaterial, 3 001821 around which the said two subscribing witnesses. ru er and exi e material are joint r t t 5 Wound in rope form, the said rubber being R supported and prevented from spreading by Witnesses: i the said flexible material, all substantially as ALFRED Bossumun, Set fiy'l lshl STANLEY E. BRAMALL. 

